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5.7/10 • 35

1939-11-031h 16m

Horror

Eyes of Doom! Man or Beast!

Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.

Directors
Walter Summers

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  1. Bela Lugosi

    Bela Lugosi

    Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn

  2. Hugh Williams

    Hugh Williams

    Det. Insp. Larry Holt

  3. Greta Gynt

    Greta Gynt

    Diana Stuart

  4. Edmon Ryan

    Edmon Ryan

    Lieutenant Patrick O'Reilly

  5. Wilfred Walter

    Wilfred Walter

    Blind Jake

  6. Arthur E. Owen

    Arthur E. Owen

    Dumb Lou

  7. Alexander Field

    Alexander Field

    Fred Grogan

  8. Gerald Pring

    Gerald Pring

    Henry Stuart

  9. O.B. Clarence

    O.B. Clarence

    Prof. John Dearborn (voice)

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CinemaSerf

Feb 12, 2023

5/10

Bela Lugosi tries hard here, but he really can't quite hold it all together as the doctor who is indirectly collecting insurance policies held on men who are brutally murdered. We know from early on just who is doing the killing and just who is pulling the strings, so to a certain extent we are just really marking the homework of Hugh Williams' "Insp. Holt" as he investigates the crimes and tries to get to the bottom of things before any more people are killed. His investigation is soon being assisted by the daughter of one of the victims - "Diana" (Greta Gynt) and that brings him to a school for the blind where Lugosi's "Dr. Orloff" acts as a consultant. Can he put two and two together in time? If it lost ten/fifteen minutes then it could have worked better, but even at 75 minutes it's too long with not enough happening to sustain the interest in what is a dark and gloomy production that is sadly devoid of jeopardy. It might actually have worked better on stage - it has some of the hallmark ingredients of a solid, if unimaginative, one act play - but on a big screen it's unremarkable fayre, I'm afraid.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
scotland yardserial killer